Dimensity 9300 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
The Dimensity 9300 and the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 are both flagship chips, made by MediaTek and Qualcomm. In Geekbench 6, the two chips are nearly level in multi-core (6,900 vs 6,830) and in single-core.
Benchmarks head to head
Full chipset rankingMulti-core Geekbench 6
Nearly levelSingle-core Geekbench 6
Nearly levelGraphics 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Higher is better. Bars are relative to the faster chip in each test. A dash means we don’t have a reliable result for that chip yet.
Key facts
Specs from the chip makers. The better result in each benchmark is highlighted.
| Dimensity 9300 | Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | MediaTek | Qualcomm |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | — | Apr 2025 |
| Process | — | 4 nm TSMC N4P |
| CPU | — | 8 cores 1× 3.2 GHz + 3× 3.0 GHz + 2× 2.8 GHz + 2× 2.0 GHz |
| Max CPU speed | — | 3.2 GHz |
| GPU | — | Adreno 825 |
| 5G modem | — | Built-in 5G |
| Place in our ranking | #25 of 128 (better) | #26 of 128 |
| Geekbench 6 single-core | 2,170 | 2,140 |
| Geekbench 6 multi-core | 6,900 | 6,830 |
| Graphics (3DMark Steel Nomad Light) | — | 1,688 |
| Phones in our database | 2 phones | 3 phones |
| Best-rated phone | vivo X100 Pro 8.1 | Nothing Phone (3) 8.3 |
| Lowest US launch price | — | $799 Nothing Phone (3) |
| Newest phone | vivo X100 Pro Nov 2023 | OnePlus Nord 6 Apr 2026 |
Phones with the Dimensity 9300
2 phones in our database, best rated first.
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8.1
vivo X100 Pro
6.78″ 120 Hz, 50 MP camera, 5,400 mAh
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7.6
vivo X100
6.78″ 120 Hz, 50 MP camera, 5,000 mAh
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Phones with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
3 phones in our database, best rated first.
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8.3
Nothing Phone (3)
6.67″ 120 Hz, 50 MP camera, 5,150 mAh
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7.8
OnePlus Nord 6
6.78″ 165 Hz, 50 MP camera, 7,500 mAh
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7.7
POCO F7
6.83″ 120 Hz, 50 MP camera, 6,500 mAh
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Dimensity 9300 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4: FAQ
Which is faster, the Dimensity 9300 or the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4?
In Geekbench 6, the two chips are nearly level in multi-core (6,900 vs 6,830) and in single-core. Real-world speed also depends on how well each phone keeps the chip cool and on its software.
Which phones use the Dimensity 9300 and the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4?
The Dimensity 9300 powers 2 phones in our database, including the vivo X100 Pro and vivo X100. The Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 powers 3 phones in our database, including the Nothing Phone (3), OnePlus Nord 6 and POCO F7. The lowest US launch price with this chip is $799, for the Nothing Phone (3).
Where do these benchmark scores come from?
They are reference results for each chip: the median of several Geekbench 6 runs on retail phones. The 3DMark Steel Nomad Light graphics score is the median of the results for retail phones with the chip in the official ranking of UL, the maker of 3DMark. The same chip can score a little differently from phone to phone, depending on cooling, clock speeds and software.
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